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St Edmund Hall

“From supporting scholarships and fellowships to maintaining our historic estate and driving sustainability initiatives, the endowment provides the financial resilience that underpins life at St Edmund Hall. Growing its real value in perpetuity to continue funding these activities is essential to fulfilling our mission over the long term.

The goals of the endowment are to preserve and grow its value after inflation and maintain a responsible annual drawdown. This approach ensures distributions support core activities while safeguarding future purchasing power. St Edmund Hall first invested in the Oxford Endowment Fund in 2009, enabling us to hold a global and diversified portfolio beyond what we could achieve alone and benefit from the access, networks and expertise of the OUem team. Investing alongside like-minded investors in a discretionary vehicle delivers economies of scale, while reducing operational and governance burden.

In today’s economic context, marked by uncertainty, volatility and rising costs in higher education, the blend of simple access to global markets, a real return focus, and stable distribution policy is particularly valuable. It equips us to plan and spend with confidence − supporting talented students, maintaining world-class facilities, and investing in a sustainable future.”

Eleanor Burnett, Finance Bursar, St Edmund Hall